Ron Paul One Of The Most Corrupt Members Of Congress, Report Finds

Ron Paul One Of The Most Corrupt Members Of Congress, Report Finds

Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul has been named one of the most corrupt members of Congress in a new report from the watchdog group Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics.

The report says Paul "double-billed" his travel expenses a number of times over the last decade, meaning he may have been reimbursed for the same
flights both under his official allowance as congressman, and by either non-profit groups under his control or his campaign committee.

Well there ya have it... The bastion of ethics that everyone thought Paul was, has now been formally questioned with evidence supporting the fact
that he is NOT what he makes himself out to be.

All the while he's saying "AUDIT THE FED!" He's also saying "... so you don't audit me instead!"

So ATS, what are your thoughts on this? Is this made up to make him look bad? Hardly.. there is actual data and evidence. Is this really not his
fault but his accountants? Hardly, it's his job to ensure that he hires ethical people.

I'm glad that we are exposing the corruption in the congress, starting with one of THE MOST CORRUPT... Ron Paul.

UPDATE: Yes, this appears to be mostly a hit piece. As pointed out in this thread, the actual report the article is based on doesn't even show him
on the list of most corrupt congressmen. ATS wins again!

I do not doubt for one second that Jessie Benton, or whomever was running the show, made clerical errors relating to flights. I really doubt RP was
doing line by line accounting for his campaign or congressional seat. But to call him one of the most corrupt members of congress? haha. sure.. ok

Let's see who penned this article you are referencing...................................................

This is not the first time that an editor's note has been added to Flock's post. In December 2011, Flock came under fire for a post she wrote
titled, "Mitt Romney is using a KKK slogan in his speeches." The editor's note above that piece stated that the post "contains multiple, serious
factual errors that undermine its premise." The note also acknowledges that The Post "should have contacted [GOP candidate Mitt Romney's] campaign
for comment before publication." A blog post of a similar nature resulted in MSNBC issuing a formal apology to Romney. MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts
picked up a story from blogger Joh Aravosis, who wrote that Romney's slogan "Keep America American" was one that happened to be used by the KKK in
the 1920s. Roberts called the phrase "a central theme" and "rallying cry" for the notorious group. MSNBC's Chris Matthews formally apologized to
Romney, calling the report a mistake. After her resignation, Flock told Poynter that she "enjoyed online reporting" but "always sought a pure
reporting position over one that involves aggregation."

Coming from USNews?
What a joke.
He double billed trips?
And that makes him the most corrupt?

So, anything they can find against the man and now it's "most corrupt"?
There's no misuse of taxpayer money for said trips.
Most importantly:
There are no lobbyists that can pay him off.
Lobbyists that are paid, to pay off, all your friendly legislators.
In my eyes, if you take money from someone to sway your vote, you are corrupt.
So that means, inadvertently, that 98% of CONgress is corrupt.

Not Dr. Paul.

What a load of hogwash.
Coming from the source I didn't expect much else.

If you continue reading to the comments section, you'll notice someone mention the report is titled ''Most corrupt", but doesn't actually list
Ron Paul in the 'most corrupt' category. The author of the article basically offers no retort once this has been brought up. Additionally she had to
resign from the Washington post in April for what amounted to aggregation and poor research.

Still, I think Ron Paul could do with clearing this issue up regarding his expenses. A similar scandal happened in the UK which ended up in prison
terms for some MP's.

I support Ron Pauls ideas and principles but I cant stand the worship of the person Ron Paul. Worshipping politicians is so anti-Libertarian. So I
really wouldnt expect him to have a clean slate. No human being has a clean slate. Its time to stop viewing politicians as either messiahs or devils
and instead look at the issues that need to be done.

If "double-billing" over the past several years is all they have on Ron Paul, then that makes him a saint and the gold-standard for honest politician
in comparison to all other Congress members. We have far more insidious forms of corruption taking place in Congress, we can start with the level of
insider trading taking place and the corruption between lawmakers and lobbyists and kickbacks for favorable laws.

I don't think this group can even begin to understand just how corrupt Congress is.

The GOP want to be careful starting a smear campaign against Ron Paul...i have a feeling he would be more than expecting such a back handed swipe,
since he's the most intelligent member of the party, and will repay the favour 20 fold...the originators and planners of this rubbish had better hope
they don't have skeletons in their closets...or bank accounts full of FED hush money.

I'm not surprised. I would love to have the hope of a good human being versus the crooked murderer criminal 'choices' for November provided to us
by the matrix-of-control. But there are many instances in video, clear as can be, of Paul flipping the Illuminati hand sign. WTH. I don't trust
that.
Maybe he didn't know better.
Maybe there are always excuses for him.

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